GUITARS

Gibson Les Paul

Design history, engineering genius, a guitarist who never gave up, and the inside story of the guitar that defined the sound of the 20th century. There are instruments, and then...

Gibson Les Paul

Design history, engineering genius, a guitarist who never gave up, and the inside story of the guitar that defined the sound of the 20th century. There are instruments, and then...

Gibson Flying V

The Gibson Flying V: the guitar that nobody wanted, until everyone did Design history, institutional panic, a wood called korina, and the story of how the most radical guitar shape...

Gibson Flying V

The Gibson Flying V: the guitar that nobody wanted, until everyone did Design history, institutional panic, a wood called korina, and the story of how the most radical guitar shape...

Fender Telecaster

In 1950, a radio repairman from Fullerton, California built a slab-bodied, bolt-on guitar that the established instrument industry called a boat paddle — and that became the template for the...

Fender Telecaster

In 1950, a radio repairman from Fullerton, California built a slab-bodied, bolt-on guitar that the established instrument industry called a boat paddle — and that became the template for the...